Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
New Quint Studer Leadership Blog
Sharing thoughts, ideas and suggestions on hardwiring success
I've written before about former hospital CEO and healthcare consultant Quint Studer and his amazing book "Hardwiring...
GM Thinks Its Entitled to Price Increases – WRONG
Materials costs force GM to raise pricesYet another example of a non-lean mindset company thinking they are entitled to price increases because costs went...
Old-Timey Roller Skate "Productivity"
Tale of a Warehouse Shows How Chicago Weathers a Decline - WSJ.comThe article linked to above is OK, about how Chicago is diversifying its...
Another Reason for Lean Healthcare
Businesses may move health care overseas - Yahoo! NewsI'm by no means a protectionist, nor do I automatically think any doctors or hospitals outside...
Dr. Kovach is Part of a System…
... and the system sucks!"
That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the...
Creating a Culture of Lean Continuous Improvement: A Conversation with David...
LeanBlog Podcast Episode #9 is a discussion with David Mann, the author of the excellent book Creating A Lean Culture: Tools To Sustain Lean...
WSJ’s Wrong Conclusion on Frederick Taylor
Deja Vu - WSJ.com "Early Industry Expert Soon Realized a Staff Had Its Own Efficiency"
The WSJ has it wrong on manufacturing, once again. ...
Respect at In-N-Out Burger
NPR : Pay Helps Keep Workers at Western Burger Chain
You should listen to this NPR story online, about the fast food chain In-N-Out. I'm...
Non-Lean Contractors
I can't think of an industry that could use lean or "process thinking" any more than the home contractor industry (ok, well maybe healthcare).I'm...
An Overview of Lean Assessments
TPS - Lean Manufacturing Assessment ArticleOur friend and sometimes blogger Bill Hanover was writing this for the blog, but decided it was too long....
One Doctor’s View on Lean
Healthcare Efficiency: Lean and MeanHere is a short blog piece on the American Society for Quality website, written by a doctor. It's positive...
Oh Really? Another Siren Song
Burt's Bees Selects i2 Solutions to Streamline the Supply Chain for Lean ManufacturingAnother "Siren Song" in the world of manufacturing software. Once again,...
